Vikings in the East: From Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Putin – The Origins of a Contested Legacy in Russia and Ukraine
Martyn Whittock
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Façade of an old-style house in Härjapea, Tallinn, photographed in the evening.
Bright green painted wood panelling of an old-style house in Härjapea, Tallinn.
(bull), or a stone roller used to haul ships over land, a technique used by the #Varangians (with logs, not stone) on their way to the #BlackSea and if the #ancientGreeks could see a #GreatBear in the shape of a #saucepan, anything is possible. Notwithstanding the previous entry (see #Härgmäe),
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Sculpture of a sitting lion, in white marble, with a curved runic inscription on the shoulder. To the right a mostly empty square, and a wooden bridge in the background.
Greek sculpture in Venice with a Swedish runic inscription.
Globalisation is nothing new.
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From 1020 to 1070ish, the Kievan warriors were replaced by the Norsemen, men coming from distant Scandinavia, as far as Iceland.
Those #Varangians were often aristocrats in their own land, coming to Constantinople in search of fame and glory, often recorded in famed Sagas. /5
.@brainouty
It's funny - Google translator translated my Ukrainian word 'варяги' / 'varangians' as 'vikings', which is opposite of what I tried to tell:
Varangians ≠ Vikings
Varangians ≠ Swedes
Varangians ≠ Rus'
Varangians = Polabian Slavs
#Varangians #Vikings
